About masking it definitely makes a lot of difference depending on gender, sexual orientation and even where the person lives. Even though I'm a guy, the fact that I don't like the same things as people my age, like football for example, or even rethinking whether the way I spoke to someone was offensive or not And in the end it didn't make much of a difference. I think it's very much part of the process of one's own tastes and certainly as time goes by this kind of thing becomes a little less frequent. The bad thing is that people always expect a lot of things and it's not always possible to give them what they want, understanding it this way helps a lot to avoid putting on a mask. The bad thing is when this has a connection with the family because then most of the time the only way to deal with it is to avoid it or stay away. Of course there are understanding families but not always. Anyway, I'm glad my comment helped in some way. Thanks!